Should a 17-year-old with past criminal charges, currently facing a first-degree murder rap, be let out of the county jail thanks to his million-dollar bond being reduced to $200,000? That’s what some people are asking, and based on comments made on social media, the public at large is not only saying, no, but hell no.
Seventeen-year-old Carlos Julian Contreras had his problems last September after being arrested and charged in Hidalgo County with four misdemeanors – drugs (opioids and benzodiazepines) and weapon (handgun) possession – but that’s nothing compared with the first-degree murder charge he is facing today.
Contreras, who is the ...